Rainbow Six Vegas

[[AK]The Beast]

Anyone have this yet? I didn't even know this was out till Stitch mentioned it. I love the series, so I'm contemplating picking this up--knowing some AKers have it for some multiplayer would seal the deal for me.

[[AK]Hylander]

The last time I talked to Stitch he told me January... damn console weeny!!!

[[AK]The Beast]

No, no...it's in stores now. Patches are out for PC. I'm doing some Christmas shopping tomorrow--if I get near a Best Buy, I'll more than likely pick it up. I haven't played a FPS with you guys since....well, BF2, but still, it's been a while.

[[AK]StitchJones]

The PC release was supposed to be Jan. but they got the game done in time for X-mas. I traded my XBOX360 version for the PC one. I still haven't had a chance to get it loaded up yet. I will at some point this weekend.

[[AK]Faxman]

I'll probably pick this one up.

[[AK]The Beast]

Sweet. I've got some X-mas shopping of my own to do so I'm gonna snag this today as well. I'll likely be online sometime tonight trying it out.

[[AK]The Beast]

Got it--the stockboy handed me a fresh one straight off the truck. I'm installing and patching to 1.01--we should get an AK Vegas night together soon.

[[AK]Faxman]

My wife has it wrapped up and ready to go for Christmas.

[[AK]StitchJones]

Okay, It's installed finally, and I'm getting the patch now.

[[AK]Hylander]

I picked this up this afternoon.. about to install it.

[[AK]Hylander]

The Damn French!!!

First the installer doesn't recognize my Core 2 processor and it doesn't support widescreen formats out of the box??? Unbelievable.. I had to download a hack to get it to work at 1650 resolution...

[[AK]The Beast]

The 1.03 patch is now available--I'm getting it now and will post the notes here when it completes.

Update: at 91 megs, this is another biggie. Here's the notes:

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Rainbow Six: Vegas v1.03 Patch Contents

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Overview
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* Enabled PunkBuster support.
* Fixed the game session creation bug (network failed to initialize) when using HTTP proxies (like Norton Personal Firewall) by using a different destination port.
* Fixed a dedicated LAN crash.
* Fixed the server listing that was capped and didn’t show all the available servers.
* Fixed a bug that prevented picking up weapons when taking a dropped weapon from somebody who was in zoom mode when killed.
* Fixed the secondary console that was assigned to the quote character by default.
* Fixed the radar jammer sound that stays even after death.
* Fixed the floating C4 explosive and motion sensor floating when put on breakable items.
* Fixed the menu problem when mapping the [End] key.
* Fixed the canister that resets in Retrieval when the carrier is killed while taking cover.
* Fixed a Retrieval mode bug that caused a 2nd match from having no reachable canister.
* Fixed a bug that caused the user to lose his weapon without picking-up the one on the ground.
* Fixed some incorrect mapping messages.
* Added a check to warn the user if an instance of the game is already running.

[[AK]Faxman]

Anyone feel like playing tonight? I will probably be on ventrilo around 9pm EST.

[[AK]Gunny Highway]

So is this worth picking up? I haven't seen any posts about how good the game is only about the problems so makes me wonder if I should get it or wait until the price drops?

[[AK]Hylander]

I'll post a follow-up after playing online last night with Fax and Palooka for a few hours since I totally condemned this game as a POS and banished the box and DVD to the back of my closet. I pulled it out to try the multiplayer last night. The online play actually put a little value into this for me. The performance was pretty solid with me barely dropping into the low 40FPS in multiplayer and usually in the 60-80 mark. More importantly, it was pretty fun. It's not "perfect" by any means, but still pretty enjoyable in terms of gameplay. The server browser blows chunks.. as I think Palooka said last night, it even makes the BF2 server browser look good and seem feature rich. But that aside, the gameplay is pretty darn fun. Repelling down and climbing ropes and swinging in through windows, taking cover and shooting from behind objects, using the GPS, and choosing your weapon and load out offers alot of different strategies. On one map, one of the players gave up the primary weapon in favor of a bullet proof shield. His only weapon being his Eagle Pistol. He made his way up to the helicopter and guarded it so the player who took the cache couldn't get to the checkpoint. Just another strategy you can try employing. You can choose assault, recon, sniper, etc load outs and then customize as you want.

I'm still ticked at the performance in single player mode... but I'll have to give it another try and just turn off the FPS display on my PC to see if it's smooth without the mindset given by actually seeing the FPS.

I still can't recommend this game as a 'must buy', but it was pretty fun playing last night. Not as fun as Company of Heroes though.